The Buried Girl : A Novel of Suspense
Author(s): Richard Montanari
“Taut, propulsive and darkly gripping, Montanari is a master of suspense.” –Chris Ewan
A haunting, nerve-jangling psychological thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Montanari, set in a small town hiding a very dark secret
New York psychologist Will Hardy had it all—a loving family, a flourishing career, a bestselling book. Until the night it all ended in a tempest of fire and ash, leaving only Will and his fifteen-year-old daughter Bernadette to stand in the ruins.
Haunted and grief-stricken, Will accepts an enigmatic invitation from his family’s past to begin their lives anew in the small town of Abbeville, Ohio.
Meanwhile, Abbeville Chief of Police Ivy Holgrave is investigating the death of a local girl, convinced this may only be the latest in a long line of murders dating back decades—including her own long-missing sister.
But what place does Will's new home have in the story of the missing girls? And what links the killings to the diary of a young woman written over a century earlier? The disappearances in Abbeville have happened before, and now Will’s own daughter might be next…
Review(s):
“Richard Montanari has long been among my favourite crime writers.... I devoured [The Buried Girl]—all the time regretting the pace of my reading—because it brought me to the end all too soon.”
“An ambitious and memorable thriller.”
“A chilling expose . . . skillfully woven with a couple of surprising twists at the end . . . as ever with Montanari, the relationship between Balzano and Byrne is compelling. A great summer read!”
“A blood-drenched thriller about a group of imperfectly domesticated boys who came from the same blighted neighborhood and grew up to become criminals and killers — and cops... Living side by side, they create a place you might call home. Or hell.”
“In Montanari’s exceptional ninth procedural featuring Det. Kevin Byrne and ADA Jessica Balzano... the brisk plot quickly becomes an engrossing story of a neighborhood’s residents—those who escape, those who stay, and those who are buried there.”
“When it comes to psychological suspense, no one does it better than Richard Montanari.”
“A real-page-turner...The novel is, like the nameless killer’s victims, well executed-and, like the killer himself, fiendishly twisted.”
“A no-holds-barred thriller.”
“KISS OF EVIL is a pulse-quickening, deftly crafted page-turner.”
“Montanari’s most exciting and compelling read to date.”
ISBN: 9780062467478